Now that my 2012 glass season is coming to an end with only one venue - Bay Area Bead Extravaganza - to go in November and just finish my last teaching gig at The Gathering Place studio in Naperville, Illinois, earlier this month. I finally have an opportunity to post some of the Ornate Series Beads. Thank you for making these so popular! :)

First let's start with the scale of these - from ginormous to wee! Most of them fall somewhere between these two extreme sizes!

A better picture of the beads:

Here are a few of the "normal" size ones - about 1-1.25" in diameter:

Some of the Ornate Series beads are still available. They range in price from $95 to $185. If you are interested, please contact us via our website:

http://shop.envisionsf.com/contact 

 Thank you!

MORE Double Helix Test Batches from the Bellevue Gathering

Had the opportunity to play with more test batches from Double Helix! Opaque Speckled Lusters, encased in either Aether or Zephyr.

 OP-507 (dark purple rods)

OP-509 (pale off-white rods)

OP-511 (dark indigo blue rods) – the end on the left is Okeanos, one of two of the Double Helix Pre-Releases!

Boreas - the second one of the two Pre-Releases!

Double Helix Test Batches at the 2012 Gathering

Here are test beads on some of the Double Helix test batches available next week at the ISGB Gathering at Bellevue, Washington! :)


CH441 - very transparent striking and reducing glass with beautiful golden and hints of peach hues

IL436 - gorgeous blues and greens

LL491 - soft shimmering yellows when encased

NO486 - similar to Notos but more transparent

TL478 - heavy reduction before encasement yields amazing results

 Last but not least, hand pulled and machine pulled fast-striking Terra!

Portable Lights

I use these battery operated portable LED lights for out-of-town shows as well as when I teach. Many have asked about where to purchase them so here it is! Click here

List of our eBooks

We have been meaning to put this list together for easy reference for a while now but never got around to it! All of our ebooks are available in PDF format and most are available as printed books on Lulu. For more information, please visit our website.



Bedazzled - a reference ebook on layering Clio, Kalypso, and more!Layering Double Helix striking and reducing silver glass is all the rage right now and I have been caught up in making these shocking pink, magenta and red beads that also shimmer gloriously with iridescence. It’s hard to resist! Trouble tho is that it’s near impossible to tell them apart unless one takes meticulous notes and photograph them as soon as they come out of the kiln. Trust me, I know! So early on, I have made it a point to keep copious notes of my progress. As I experimented with different base glass and various silver glass, my notebook for just this series grew and became quite a nice little reference piece. I decide that perhaps some of my fellow beadmakers may be interested in having a copy as well. I have put it together in such a way that they are shown in different silver glass on the same base, as well as the same silver glass on various bases. I especially love the group shots for even closer scrutiny of the subtleties of these combinations. I hope you enjoy Bedazzled! $23



S W I R L – an ebook on gravity swirl, bicone shaping, silver glassS W I R L is a three-in-one tutorial for both newer and more experienced lampworkers. Using the techniques on how to make a gravity swirl bead, I will share with you how to shape a perfect bicone AND show you how to work with using both striking and reducing silver glass on a single bead. Please do note that the silver glass part of this tutorial is secondary. It’s 21 pages with over 50 images. $21



Reactive Twisties 2011This booklet is a compilation of exchange beads submitted for Reactive Twisties 2011 – Reactive Twisty Bead How To and Exchange - on lampworketc forum. There are almost 100 beads with description. Each bead is accompanied by the recipes of glasses used and some have detailed step by step description of how the bead was made (the level of detail is based on how much information the original beadmaker shared.) 34 pages plus cover. $16

Silver Color How To eBookAll our Silver Color How To eBooks are compilation of exchange beads submitted for the silver glass exchanges we run on lampworketc forum. Each bead is accompanied by the recipes of glasses used and some have detailed step by step description of how the bead was made (the level of detail is based on how much information the original beadmaker shared.)

SE9

With 45 pages, there are over 110 beads with description. $17

(Aurae, Clio, Ekho, Elektra, Gaia, Kalypso, Kronos, Luna, Olympia Rain, Psyche, Terra 2, Terranova, Triton, Fire Lotus, test batches and many more!

SE8
With 35 pages, there are over 80 beads with description. $17
(Aurae, Clio, Gaia, Psyche, Triton, Black Pearl, test batches and many more!



SE7
With 52 pages, there are over 130 beads with description. $18
(Aurae, Clio, Ekho, Gaia, Helios, Kalypso, Psyche, Terranova 2/2.1, Triton, Multicolor Dark, Fire Lotus, test batches and many more!)



SE6
With 54 pages, there are over 130 beads with description. $17
(Aurae, Clio, Ekho, Elektra, Olympia Rain, Psyche, Terra 2, Terranova 2/2.1, Triton, test batches and many more!)



SE5
With 95 pages, there are over 250 beads with description. $25
(Aurae, Gaia, Ekho, Nyx, Psyche, Terranova 2/2.1, Triton, Black Pearl, Rembrandt, Silver Brown, StrikingColor, Golden Emerald, Taxco Silver, Aquis, Chalcedony, test batches and many more!)



SE4
With 80 pages, there are over 200 beads with description. $19
(Aurae, Gaia, Pandora, Psyche, Terranova 2/2.1, Triton, Green Envy, Silver Brown, Taxco Silver, Zeus, test batches and many more!)



SE3
With 72 pages, there are over 180 beads with description. $18
(Silver Cinnamon, Silver Rattan, Aion, Aurae, Gaia, Luna, Psyche, Terra, Terranova 2, Triton, Hades, Copper Green, Garzoni, Ivy, Sasha's Silver, Green Dalai, test batches and many more!)



SE2
With 65 pages, there are over 170 beads with description. $15
(Silver Cinnamon, Silver Rattan, Hades, Aion, Elektra, Gaia, Kronos, Nyx, Olympia Rain, Psyche, Terra, Dark Silver Plus, Black Nebula, Rembrandt, Sasha's Silver, Van Gogh, and many more!)



SE1
The first one is about 1/3 the size of the rest. $5